Valve-fitting.



J. P. BERNSTEIN.

VALVE FITTING;

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 11, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

llnvlllllllllllllllllllla JULIUS F. BERNSTEIN, F NEW YORK, N. Y., .AS-SIGNOR TO WILLIAM lCUNNINGHAM,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VALVE-rianne.' l

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Now, 29, 1910,

Application led November 11, 1909. Serial No. 527,401.

y To all whom it moy concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS F. BnRNs'rnlN, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in .the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Valve-Fitting, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i y The invention relates to vessels for containing'charged liquids such as are used l1n soda water fountalns, and its object is to provides. new and improved valve fitting for attachment to such vessels, and arranged to permit convenient filling of the vessel with the water and the gas, to form a charged liquid, to allow transportation of the vessel. and its contents toa soda water fountain or other apparatus, and to discharge 'the contents of the vessel intothe soda water fountain and to allowrefilling of the vessel with water and gas .without removing the fitting.

For the purpose mentionedthe body of the fitting is secured to the top of the vessel .and

is provided with a large iilling opening extending from` the bottom to the top, for {illing the vessel with the water or other liquid to be charged, and adjacent to this opening but spaced therefrom is a vent opening, and` the said openings are adapted to be closed by a plug. A valve is arranged on one side of the body and controlling ports, of which one leads to a pipe extending into the vessel to near the bottom thereof, the other port leading to a nipple exteriorly on the body, for connection with the charging apparatus,

' or a soda water fountain or other receiving apparatus.

A practical embodiment of the inventionl is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 1s a side elevation of the valve fitting as applied to the vessel, the latter being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the fitting, the screw plug being removed; Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same as a plied, the section being on the line 3 3 of F tional plan view ofthe same on the line if- 4t of Fig. 3, .and Fig. 5 is a modified form of a portion of my device disclosinga separate vent opening and removable plug therefor.

ig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a sec The vessel A for receiving water or other liquid and the gas for charging the same is of the usual construction, and is provided-at its top with a `threaded nipple B, on which screws the top C of the valve fitting. The' body C is provided with a large filling opening D, extending from the lower end of the body to the top thereof, and in the wall of the body C ad]acent to the opening D is arranged a vent opening E likewise leading from the lower end of the bodyto the top thereof. rlhe opening D serves to fill the vessel A with water by the use of a hose or other means connected with thel water sup` ply, it being understood that the air within the vessel can readily escape through the large vent opening E.

In` order to prevent the water passing,

ydown the filling opening D from splashing openingll, a shield D is formed' on the wall or partition separating the openings D and E from each other, .as will be readily underover and closing the lower end of the vent stood by reference to Figs. 2 and 3. The

upper end' of the wall of the illing opening D is threaded to vreceive a screw plug F, p ro-4 vided with an annular flange F containing a packing ring F2, adapted Ato be seated on an oiset C `arranged on the top of the body C, and through which extends the vupper portion of the vent opening E. .Thus when the screw plug F is screwed in placeboth vnipple B into the vessel -Ato within a short distance of the bottom of the vessel, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. A port ,o leads from the bottomof the offset C2 to a nipple l projecting from the-front of the body C,

vas plainly indicated in the drawings, so that the nipple 'I can be conveniently coupled to a pipe, hose or the like leading to -a gas supply for charging the water contained in the vessel A with a gasfat the time the valve G is open, as shown in Fig. 4. After the.

water is charged the valve G is closed, toV Aclose the port a, thus confining the charged use is made of a pipe, hose or the like, con- Vnected with the nlpple I and the soda water fountain, so that on opening the valve G liquid under pressure in the vessel A flows up through the pipe I-I, ort a into the inner end of the oifset C2 an from the latter by the port b and the nipple I into the connecting pipe leading to the soda water fountain.

' When the soda water fountain has been charged, the valve G is closed and the connecting pipe is uncoupled from the nipple I, after which the empty vessel A is returned to the factory to be re-charged with water and with gas, as previously explained, withoutrequiring removal of the fitting from the Vessel A. It is understoodthat in order to fill the vessel A with water at the time the screw plug F is removed, it is desirable to have the opening D as large as possible, so that the filling operation takes but a short time, and by arranging the parts in the manner described such a filling opening is provided, and at the same time the vent opening E is had for the escape of the air.

As shown in Fig. l, the vessel A is made of steel, lined interiorly with block tin, to prevent corrosion, especially when the water filled into the vessel is charged therein with` carbonicacid gas to form charged water for use in soda' water fountains.

Although for simplicitys sake I prefer to close the vent openlngwith the same screw plug used for closing the water filling opening, this construction is not absolutely essential as the vent opening may be closed by separate means such as a plug J removably disposed in the top C to close-the vent openlingh/as is substantlally shown in Fig. 5.

The valve fitting shown and describedfis very@ simple and' durable in construction, compbsed of comparatively few parts and not liable easily to get out of order.

i Having thus described my invention, l

4plug screw removably engagin claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A valve fitting for charging and discharging a vessel of the class described, comprising a valve body adapted to be secured to the vessel and having a large central filling opening, an adjacent vvent opening in the upper part of the valve body and a dischar-ge passage through the valve body, a plug screw-threadedly engaging the said valve body for closing the sald openings, a valve for controllin the said passage, a pipe held on the sai valve body and connected with one end of the said passage, and a nipple on the said valvebody at the other end -of the said passage. v

2. A valve fitting fory charging and discharging a vessel of theclass described, comprising a valve body' adapted :to be secured to the vessel and having'a filling opening and a vent opening,fthe said openings communicating with the interiorof the vessel and the said openings extending from the lower portion of the body to the top thereof, a shield between the lower ends of the said openings, a screw plug screwing into the. upper lend of the said filling opening f and having a flange for closing the said Vent opening at the upper end thereof, and valved 'means on the said val body for controlling the inflow of the ga to the said vessel and the outiow of the charged liquid contained in the vessel.

- 3. A Valve fitting for charging and dis-. charging a vessel of the class described, comprising a valve body adapted to be secured to the vessel and `having a large central ll' ing opening, an adjacent vent opening in the upper part of the valve bod and a discharge passage through the va ve body, a

the said valve body'for closin the sai openings, and a valve for control ing thel said passage.

In testimony -whereof I have signed my name to this 'specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

-JULIUs F. .BERNsTEIN- 

